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Honor 70 Pro Plus

Honor 70 Pro Plus
R8,500
SKU: 3472
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (1x3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.85 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
  • RAM: 8GB/12GB
  • Storage: 128GB/256GB
  • Display: OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz
  • Camera: 54MP
  • OS: Android 12, Magic UI 6.1

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

6
  • Display 6 / 10
  • Camera 6 / 10
  • Performance 6 / 10
  • Battery 6 / 10

PROS

  1. Large OLED display.
  2. microSDXC dedicated slot.
  3. Powerful Large battery.
  4. Best features under budget

CONS

  1. FM Radio unavilable.

The HONOR 70 Pro Plus (Pro+) remains an absolute powerhouse in the premium smartphone market, offering a genuine flagship experience without the traditional top-tier price tag. While a starting price of ZAR 8,500 represents incredible value for a device of this caliber—frequently seen during major retail clearance events or specialized import sales—the standard national pricing can fluctuate depending on your exact configuration.

Because it borders on premium flagship territory, the final price you pay will vary significantly over local markets, provincial stock availability, and whether you are purchasing cash upfront or bundling it into a monthly network structure.

Where to Buy the HONOR 70 Pro Plus in South Africa

HONOR has secured an expansive distribution network across South Africa, ensuring that you can track down this premium device through multiple physical and digital buying channels:

1. Specialized Tech Outlets & Online Powerhouses

For immediate doorstep delivery, upfront cash discounts, or dedicated tech advice, these platforms are your best starting point:

  • Takealot: South Africa’s top e-commerce destination frequently lists the phone, where competitive third-party tech sellers often drive prices down via limited-time coupons or seasonal tech clearance events.

  • HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Standard stockists for premium tier devices, often offering structured in-house installment financing or pairing the phone with high-value promotional gifts like wireless earbuds.

  • Cellucity & 4U: These boutique cellular specialists are perfect if you want expert face-to-face assistance, immediate high-tier device insurance registration, or advice on specialized upgrade paths.

2. Traditional Department Stores & Hypermarkets

If you want to view the device physically before buying or leverage existing store cards and flexible interest-free payment solutions (like PayJustNow), these nationwide retailers have you covered:

  • Makro & Game: Highly popular destinations for direct cash purchases, wholesale electronics specials, and major regional tech promotions.

  • Foschini: Ideal if you want to buy the phone using an integrated fashion and retail group account to spread the payments out comfortably over several months.

  • Mr Price (MRP Cellular), PEP, & Ackermans: While these neighborhood favorites focus heavily on entry-level models, their larger metropolitan branches occasionally stock premium tiers on highly competitive prepaid starter structures.

3. Mobile Network Operators (Contracts & Upgrades)

If you prefer to spread the cost of a flagship device over a 24-month or 36-month timeline rather than paying a large lump sum upfront, look to the major networks:

  • MTN & Chatz Connect: As primary mobile network partners, they feature HONOR’s high-tier models across multiple contract brackets. These packages integrate the hardware fee with monthly allocations of anytime data, streaming bundles, and all-network calling minutes.

What Makes the HONOR 70 Pro Plus a Flagship Contender?

Instead of sifting through a dry sheet of numbers, here is exactly what this premium smartphone delivers to elevate your daily digital life:

Flagship Processing Power: The absolute core of this device is built around a high-tier, hyper-efficient MediaTek Dimensity processor. It handles intense 5G data streaming, demanding mobile productivity apps, and high-end gaming with absolute ease, keeping the entire user experience fluid and snappy.

  • Premium Quad-Curved OLED Display: It sports a gorgeous, flowing OLED screen running at a buttery-smooth 120Hz refresh rate. It delivers incredibly vibrant colors and deep contrasts, making it perfect for streaming videos, while high-frequency dimming technology works behind the scenes to significantly reduce eye fatigue.

  • Studio-Grade Sony IMX Camera System: The device features a heavily optimized triple-camera layout headlined by a flagship Sony sensor. It excels at capturing stunningly crisp low-light photos, wide-angle landscapes, and stable 4K video recording with rich detail.

  • Blazing-Fast Charging Speeds: Equipped with HONOR’s ultra-fast SuperCharge technology, the phone can juice up its robust battery from zero to heroic levels in just a matter of minutes, ensuring you stay connected through busy workdays and unexpected power updates.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor 70 Pro Plus
Announced 30 May, 2022
Released 07 June, 2022
Status Available
Price ZAR 8,500

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions 163.9 x 74.6 x 8.2 mm (6.45 x 2.94 x 0.32 in)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz)
Colors Black, Green, Gold

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz
Size 6.78 inches, 111.4 cm2 (~91.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1200 x 2652 pixels (~429 ppi density)

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 54 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.49", PDAF
8 MP. f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
50 MP, f/2.2, 122˚ (ultrawide), AF
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera 50 MP, f/2.4, 100˚ (ultrawide)
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 12
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. Magic UI 6.1

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Mediatek Dimensity 9000 (4 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (1x3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.85 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Mali-G710 MC10
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 8GB/12GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 128GB/256GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 100W wired, 60% in 15 min (advertised)
5W reverse wired

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